Topic: Columbia Spotted Frog

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Upper Snake River Tribes

Maintain natural vegetation buffer zones around ponds; for example, 160 m from the edge of wetlands and 30-100 m along...

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides should not be applied within 100m of water bodies and wetlands until lethal and sublethal impacts...

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Develop a Columbia spotted frog Species Management Plan.

Ecosystems People
Upper Snake River Tribes

Remove livestock from known hibernation sites.

Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Conduct annual workload analysis to determine the budgetary and biological staffing needs to accomplish conservation actions identified in the implementation...

Ecosystems People
Upper Snake River Tribes

Manage grazing on stream habitat to avoid compaction, late season vegetative loss, willow damage, stream channelization and down-cutting.

Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Adopt a standard protocol for inventory of Columbia spotted frogs.

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Fence critical breeding, foraging, and over-wintering habitat, such as ponds, springs and riparian areas, and movement corridors between breeding and...

Ecosystems Infrastructure
Upper Snake River Tribes

Create a plan to facilitate survival of embryos. Should it be necessary in the future, rather than allowing embryos to...

Ecosystems People
Upper Snake River Tribes

Restrict use of fire retardants around aquatic sites; Prescribed burns should not be conducted at times when amphibians could be...

Ecosystems Infrastructure
Upper Snake River Tribes

Conduct research to determine best land management practices, especially involving cattle grazing, aquatic connectivity, and seasonal movement patterns as well...

Ecosystems Food People
Upper Snake River Tribes

Conduct timber management activities after amphibians have entered their overwintering sites, e.g., after mid October.

Ecosystems